Easy recipe for a delicious carrot cake

It seems like everyone is enjoying cooking and baking at their homes during the lockdown.

 

This is an easy and very delicious recipe for carrot cake.

Ingredients:

For the batter:

2 cups (250 grams) all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt

1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 1/4 cups (295 ml) canola or other vegetable oil

1 cup (200 grams) granulated sugar

1 cup (200 grams) lightly packed brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

4 large eggs

3 cups (300 grams) grated peeled carrots (5 to 6 medium carrots)

1 cup (100 grams) coarsely chopped pecans

1/2 cup (65 grams) raisins

For the creamy frosting:

225 grams cream cheese, at room temperature

140 grams powdered sugar

80 ml heavy whipping cream

50 grams coarsely chopped pecans, for topping cake

Making the cake batter

Dry ingredients in one bowl, wet ingredients in another: whisk the dry ingredients together in one bowl until they are well blended. Then whisk all the wet ingredients together in another bowl.

Fold the dry and wet ingredients together: Then switch to large spoon and fold the two — wet and dry ingredients — together until you don’t see any large streaks of flour. 

Add carrots, nuts, and raisins: When the batter is ready, fold in the carrots and if you like to use them, the nuts and raisins.

Baking the cake

Bake in the oven for 35 to 40 minutes. After baking, let the cake cool then frost with your favorite frosting.

Cream cheese

Powdered sugar

Heavy cream

If you’re not into frostings or if you don’t have the ingredients on hand, try the cake as-is without any frosting at all. Or, sift a little bit of powdered sugar on top.

 

In a large bowl, beat cream cheese with a handheld mixer on medium speed until creamy, about 1 minute.

 

Beat in the powdered sugar, a 1/4 cup at a time until fluffy. Pour in cream and beat on medium speed for 1 minute.

 

Chill covered until ready to frost cake.

 

When the cake is completely cool, frost the top of it and scatter nuts also.